A Small Oasis: A Border Park Keeps Immigrants Connected
By Paul Nyhan
Families too often are divided by U.S. immigration policies, but on a small patch of land that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, separated families can reunite, at least for a few hours.
The patch of land is actually two parks, Playas de Tijuana, in Mexico, and Friendship Park directly across from it in San Diego County.
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Panel Finds Border Patrol Corruption Security Risk
By Nancy Montoya
A high degree of corruption in the U.S. Border Patrol presents a national security threat, found an independent task force.
After 9/11, the U.S. Border Patrol doubled in size from around 10,000 to more than 20,000 agents. And while money was appropriated for the expansion, very few resources were allocated to the oversight of those agents.
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CBP Border Screening Trials Use Vision-Box Facial Biometrics Tech
By Alex Perala
Vision-Box technology continues to play an important role in the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency’s trialing of biometric border control, the company has announced. In a statement, the company says it’s the provider of “the core biometric technology” used in the CBP’s JFK International Airport project.
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SCOTUS Declines Opportunity to Limit Random Border Patrol Stops
By Jacob Sullum
The Court's decision leaves motorists vulnerable to the whims of armed government agents who can stop them at will.
Today the Supreme Court passed up an opportunity to impose limits on a disturbing exception to the Fourth Amendment that allows random detention of motorists within 100 miles of a border—a zone that includes two-thirds of the U.S. population. Since the rationale for these stops is immigration enforcement, they are supposed to be very brief. Yet in 2010 Richard Rynearson, an Air Force officer who brought the case that the Court today declined to hear, was detainedat a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Uvalde County, Texas, for a total of 34 minutes, even though there was no reason to believe he was an illegal alien or a criminal.
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History shows Trump's 'beautiful' border wall would be worthless
By Kimball Taylor
A house in the La Libertad neighborhood of Tijuana relies on the corrugated iron border fence erected under President Clinton for its back wall. The engineers who designed the fence in 1994 left three feet of American soil on the Mexican side, to allow for repairs without the need for diplomatic agreements. That means this home's inhabitants can pass freely between two nations under one roof. The matriarch jokes that, with the way her bed is positioned, she dreams in America while her feet remain squarely in Mexico.
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Border Patrol Board to Review Excessive Force Accusation
By Nancy Montoya
An unusual step by the U.S. Border Patrol in California to look into their own cases of excessive force charges, may have major implications here in Arizona.
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Uber is now making one-way trips across the US-Mexico border
By Andrew J . Hawkins
Just in time for spring break, Uber announced today that it would start taking passengers across the US-Mexico border for the very first time, from San Diego to Tijuana. But getting back will be trickier, thanks to the regulations that govern ride-hail companies like Uber.
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Surprise Inspections at Immigrant Detention Centers Have Begun
By Michael Oleaga
Opponents of immigrant detention centers are applauding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for initiating unannounced inspections at its facilities.
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Some students feel unsafe on campus
By Morgan Cherry
Sacramento State is endeavoring to be a diverse, inclusive campus community, but some undocumented students do not feel safe.
On Wednesday, March 9, Rosa Isela Barrientos, a junior majoring in Chicano studies and government, said she walked by a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol car parked in the vicinity of the WELL. As one of the 800 undocumented students currently attending Sac State, Barrientos feared not only for her safety, but also for the safety of her family and her fellow undocumented students.
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Border Patrol union: CBP report is flawed, inaccurate
By Tatiana Sanchez
Leaders of the national Border Patrol union on Wednesday challenged the findings of a scathing report issued this week by a law enforcement task force that found U.S. Customs and Border Protection has done little to combat widespread corruption and lack of accountability within the agency.
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